Jewelry display device



April 24, 1934. Q H SCRUGGS 1,956,205

JEWELRY DISPLAY DEVICE Filed.April 14, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor @Zaren/ce [28er zjs llorney April 24, 1934. c. H. scRUGGs JEWELRY DISPLAY DEVICE Filed April 14, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Home y Patented Apr. 2.4, 1934 fTED TATES This invention relates to devices for displaying jewelry and consists in the provision of a support for displaying rings and like articles of jewelry in an eiiicient and attractive manner. Further, in accordance with the present invention the support for displaying jeweled rings and the like is provided and equipped with illuminating means for effectively displaying the articles of jewelry arranged thereon. Further, the device will be found adaptable for displaying jeweled rings and similar articles of jewelry either in a store window, a show case, or wherever else it may be desired for attracting the attention of prospective purchasers.

The invention together with its numerous objects and advantages will be best understood from a study of the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings wherein is illustrated a preferred embodiment of the invention.

It is to be understood that the form of the invention herein shown and described is merely illustrative and that it is in no wise intended to restrict the invention to the single form illustrat- 'ed other than may be necessary to meet the requirements of the prior art and scope of the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan View of the display device with a portion of the padded cover of the tray removed.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the device.

Figures 3, 4, 5 and 6 are sectional Views taken substantially on the lines 3 3, 4 4, 5-5 and 6-6 respectively of Figure l, and

Figure '7 is a perspective View of a corner of the frame.

Referring to the drawings by reference numerals it will be seen that the display case or tray 4.0 comprises a frame 10, having sides and ends and formed of wood, metal or any other suitable material. Supported by the frame 10 is a plate or tray proper 1l which is also formed of metal, wood or other suitable material and is provided -vrith a depending marginal flange 12 as clearly yshown in Figures 3 and 4. The frame 10 at its upper end is provided at each corner thereof with an upstanding projection 13 and the projections 13 serve tc support the tray proper or plate 11 in jspaced relation to the upper end of the frame 10.

At said upper end or edge the sides and end members of the frame 10 have relatively short iianges or lugs 14 projecting laterally therefrom to engage the depending marginal flange 12 of '1the plate 11 for spacing said flange away from the frame. At the lower edges thereof the side members of the frame 10 terminate short of the lower flanged end of the end members of the frame as will be clear from a study of Figures 3 and 4 to provide for a circulation of air up through the frame.

The plate or tray proper 11 and its ange 12 is provided with an outer covering 15 of plush, velvet or other suitable material having preferably a filling 16 of any suitable padding.

For accommodating a plurality of rings or other articles of jewelry, the plate 11 is provided with a plurality of, in the present instance, rectangular apertures 17 arranged as found desirable. The felt covering 15 is also provided with a corresponding number of apertures 18 registering with the apertures 1'7 and being of a size less than the apertures 1'? so that the portions of the covering will contract about the band of a ring, for example, the ring 19, as suggested in Figures 5 and 6 for yieldably holding the ring in position with the setting thereof disposed upwardly as shown for display purposes.

One end member of the frame 10 is provided with one or more electric lamp sockets 20 for threadedly receiving elongated electric lamps or bulbs 21. 1n the present instance 1 have shown but one socket 20 and bulb 21.

Extending inwardly and downwardly from the side members of the frame 10 are angular reflector units 22 that converge at their lower edges beneath the bulb 2l as shown in Figure 4. At the ends thereof the reflectors 22 are provided with flanges 23 secured to the end members of the frame in any suitable manner, as for example by being welded thereto.

In practice the jeweled rings 19 to be displayed are inserted upwardly into registering apertures 17 and 18 so that the setting of the ring will be disposed above the top of the tray 11, and the covering 15 will contract about the band portion of the ring for frictionally and securely retaining the ring in position. It is obvious that the covering l5 will expand or contract as will be required to accommodate rings of varying sizes. It will thus be seen that rings having bands of different diameters can be readily accommodated by the device; and when the tray is lled with rings suitably positioned with their settings above the top of the tray, and the electric lamp 21 is lighted, a brilliant display will be produced.

While 1 have illustrated the invention as used in connection with jeweled rings, other articles 1,10

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of jewelry such as pearls, uncut stones, and the like if desired may be similarly displayed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is:

l. In a jewelry display device, a frame provided at its upper end with vertical projections, a plate supported by the frame and adapted to rest on said projections to be supported thereby in spaced relation to the upper end of the frame, said plate being provided with a plurality of openings designed to receive the bands of jeweled rings and the like, and a felt covering for the plate having apertures therein registering with the apertures in the plate, additional projections extending laterally from the frame adjacent the upper end thereof, and said plate having a depending marginal ange with which said lateral projections are engaged for spacing the flange from the frame; and an illuminating element mounted within the frame.

2. In a jewelry display device, a frame provided at its upper end with vertical projections, a plate supported by the frame and adapted to rest on said projections to be supported thereby in spaced relation to the upper end of the frame, said plate being provided with a plurality of openings designed to receive the bands of jeweled rings and the like, and a felt covering for the plate having apertures therein registering With the apertures in the plate, additional projections extending laterally from the frame adjacent the upper end thereof, and said plate having a depending marginal flange with which said lateral projections are engaged for spacing the iange from the frame; and an illuminating element mounted Within the frame, and oppositely inclined reflector elements arranged longitudinally within the frame at opposite sides of the illuminating element.

CLARENCE H. SCRUGGS. 

